Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A man Will not submit to beng
called either puppy, hound or
q cur, but if he is pronounced sad
dog, he accepts the stigma as if it were
a compliment. - San Francisco Ec-
anaisaer.
"A Western man sent in to an ed
itor an item to the effect that his for
tieth wedding anniversary would be
observed on a certain day, but the
printer inadvertently left out the word
''anniversary."
The scarcity of Indian bric-a-brac
in California is a new phase of the In
dian question. A string of shell and
bone beads is worth fifty dollars, and
wampum, fragments of bones and
other relics are rapidly becoming ex-
tinct.
"A lot of tramps attacked a gang of
industrious Cinnamon at Cotton, Cal,
the other day, and for few minutes
had fine time hauling the Mongolians.
But the heathens rallied, smote their
assailants hip and thigh, and chased
them out of>town for miles.
-"You are looking well, old chap"
remarked Mosquito to a prominent
member of the music hall profession.
Eyes, and feeling we'll; but, neverthe-
liss, l lost 120 pounds of flesh last
month" That's not possible. Eyes
it is. My wife ran off with school
teacher. London Paper.
Albert Gregs went from New York
to LinesFille, Pa, to work in a tailor
ing establishment. The next day he
and Miss Bunnell, a pretty tailoress
in the same shop, fell in love with each
other, and three days after the two
went to neighboring town and got
married. -PItsburgh Post.
"A black gum tree has been found
on the eastern shore of Maryland which
exudes tiny streams of water from its
branches and twigs. Standing short
dl stance from the tree, so as to place
it between the spectator and the sun,
the suns rays reflect a beautiful rain
bow through the mist.-BaItinaore
american.
"A woman in San Bernardino, Cal,
recently sent some of her husbands
clothing to a Chinese laundry. In a Sc
cret pocket of the clothes. unknown to
her, he had put three hundred dollars
in greenbacks. John discovered the
pocket and distracted the money. He
refused to return it, and judge sent
him to the penitentiary for one year.
-..My DEAR said the husband to
the wife before the glass, I'm
ashamed to see you put all that red
stuff on your cheeks 20. don't
worry about that" she replied swectly.
1T matches the color on your nose adj
mirably, and harmony is what makes
the marriage relation IDEAL y Wash
ipgtoas Critic.
AT the Reformed Church in New
Providence, Lancaster County, when
the collection was being taken up,
man reached in his pocket for change,
when match coming in contact with
hard money ignitedit The contents of
the pocket caught fire and were jerked
out quickly, but after some diff Guilty the
/ flames were put out The affair caused
considerable excitement, the church
being crowded -Auentoacn (Pa.) Reg
lister.
The late Commodore Vanderbilt
was one of the strongest minded men we
ever knew, and yet he labored under the
| delusion that clairvoyant whom he
! had once met was able to tell from the
! mere inspection of lock of hair the
\ trouble that the owner of the hair suf-
fered from. We repeatedly heard him
avow his belief in this clairvoyant, and
knew him once to send q member of
! Congress to her for treatment.-N 7.
Ledger.
During the trial .. a case in a
court of Tazewell County, Va, the
other day w. G. Baldwin, witness
for the plaintiff. became angered at Il
remark made by Colonel May, counsel
| for the defense, and fired five shots
from a revolver at him, wounding him
in the leg. May returned the fire with
two shots, but missed Baldwin. Four
of the spectators were hit, but not
seriously injured.
Mime. Patti-Nicolini' will, made
| Just before she came to America last
| fall. gives half of her fortune to her
husband, one-fourth to her brother-in-
law, Mr.. Strakosch, and one-fourth to
found Patti scholarships for the bene-
fit of promising girl singers in the large
cities where the testator has won her
laurels. Her grave, she directs, is to
be adorned with fresh flowers all the
wear round, in token of her '.hayipo
lived surrounded by blossoms"